Biden Administration

President Joe Biden has appointed former Deputy Transportation Secretary John Porcari as port envoy to assist the administration's Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force and industry stakeholders address structural inefficiencies that are bottling up ocean shipments. The task force, led by the...

The Consumer Price Index increased .5% in July after rising .9% in June, and, in general, prices of all items rose 5.4% over the last year, according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report. What Happened: All indexed items increased in price, including shelter, food, energy and new...

Defining what it means to provide rail shippers with robust competitive options could be the lens that the Surface Transportation Board uses as it responds to an order from President Joe Biden aimed at promoting competition within the freight railroad and maritime industries.  But it remains to be...

President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Tim Manning to coordinate supply chain management as part of his administration's COVID-19 response team. Manning is the former deputy administrator for protection and national preparedness at the Federal Emergency Management Agency under President Obama. The...